Cigar-wrapping machine.



W. A. MOONEY. CIGAR WRAPPING MACHINE.

' APPLICATION FILED DEC. 3, 1913. 1,1253%, Patented Jan.19, 1915.

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THE NORRIS PETERS CO. PHOTO-LITHQ. WASHINGTON. D. l

W. A. MOONEY.

CIGAR WRAPPING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 3, 191a.

Patented Jan. 19, 1915.

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APPLICATION FILED DEG.3,1913.

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CIGAR WRAPPING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED DBG.3,1913.

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THE NoRRr's PETERS Co.

W. A. MOONEY.

CIGAR WRAPPING MACHINE.

APPLICATION I'ILED DEG.3,1913.

Patented Jan. 19, 1915.

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CIGAR-WRAPPING MACHINE.

formed bunches which are made and molded and then fed to the machine forthe purpose of applying the wrappers.

The machine comprises a bunch carrier equipped with rollers betweenwhich the hunch is held, the rollers being rotated to wind the wrapperson the bunch. The carrier has a reciprocating motion, the wrapper beingapplied as the carrier advances. The rollers are mounted in a pivotedframe so that they turn at an angle to the line of reciprocation inorder to accommodate the wrapper to the tapering shape of the bunch. Theformer also has a lateral motion, with respect to the line ofreciprocation, in order to roll the wrapper from one end of the bunch tothe other, in the usual spiral course. There is thus a triple movementimparted to the bunch as it rotates; first an'advancing motion; second,a turning motion; and third, a lateral motion. Associated with themechanism to produce this motion is a wrapper holder or carrier andcutter, of the pneumatic type, comprising a suction plate on which thewrapper is laid and held. This plate reciprocates under the bunchcarrier and it is provided with a cutting edge having the outline of thewrapper to be applied to the bunch, and as the respective carriersreciprocate the wrapper is cut by means of a pair of rollers whichtravel with the bunch carrier over said plate, and bear upon the cuttingedge to out out the wrapper, which is then picked up by the bunch androlled around the same. The bunch carrier and the wrapper carrier travelback and forth in opposite directions at the same time, lengthwise ofthe machine. That is, as the bunch carrier travels outwardly or to theright in Fig. 1, the wrapper carrier travels inwardly, and vice versa,whereby they traverse each other in opposite directions.

The machine also comprises a tucking de- Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented Jan. 19, 1915.

Application filed December 3, 1913. Serial No. 804,380.

vice which acts to lift the starting end of the wrapper and apply it tothe bunch, so that it will be caught by the rollers which rotate thebunch and then drawn off the plate as the winding progresses.- A cutteris also associated with the wra per carrier, for the purpose of cuttingoff the ends of the cheroot, the present machine being particularlyadaptedfor the production of cheroots as distinguished from cigars whichare headed or tipped and pasted.

The machine is illustrated in the acco1n= panying drawings in which-Figure. 1 is a top plan view in one position, designated as the startingposition.- Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same; Fig. 3 is a top planview with thee-arrier partly advanced. Fig. 4 is a side elevation theposition shown in Fig. 3 Fig.- 5' is a detail of the wrapping rolls andthe tucker. Fig.- 6 is an end view of the same. Fig.- 7 is a detail insection of the rolls between which the bunch is 1161a, Fig. 8 is adetail in elevation showing the means for releasing the bunch after itis wrapped. Fig. 9 is a plan or diagram illustrating the differentpositions of the bunch as it travels over the suction bed. Fig. 10 is adetail of the tucker operating device.

Referring specifically to the drawings, 10 indicates a frame of suitableconstruction to support the parts hereinafter referred to, this framehaving arms 11 at one" end which support a slideway' 12 on which the airbox or bed 13 re'ciprocates.

The power shaft is indicated at 14 and by spur gears 15-,- 16 and 18drives a cam shaft 19 carrying cams 20 and 21. In suitable guides in topof the frame 10 slides a carrier plate 22, this plate being re'cip'r'dcated by a lever 23 having a roller 24 which travels in the groove ofthe cam plate 21 and is connected by a link 25 to the underside of thecarrier plate 22. At its" forward end this plate has a pair of brackets26 which support cross slideways 17, onwhich is mounted a cross head towhich carries a pivoted yoke 27, the pivot 28 of which has at its upperend a crank 29 provided with a pin 30* which travels in a cam groove 31in a transverse bar 32 fixed to the brackets 26. A lever 33 is.fulcrumed at 3 1 on the slide 22, and at one end has a slot 35 whichreceives a pin 36 depending from the yoke 27 at the pivotal v axisthereof. The other end of the lever carries a pin 37 which travels in acam groove 38 in a top plate 39 mounted on pillars 11 on the main frame.

The yoke 27 carries the corrugated wrapping rolls which support thebunch during the wrapping operation. These rolls are three in number, atop roll 12, and two lower side rolls 4-3, which are mounted on suitableshafts extending across between the arms of the yoke. These rolls aredriven as follows: The power shaft 1 1, through beveled gear &1, drivesan upright shaft 15 at the upper end of which is a bevel gear 46 meshingwith a bevel gear 47 which drives a splined shaft 18 which is slidablethrough the gear 47, the shaft 48 being carried in bearings 19 on theunderside of the reciprocating plate 22. The front end of the shaft 48is connected by a flexible shaft section 50 to a worm 51 mounted on oneof the arms of the yoke 27 and the worm drives a gear 52 which drives agear 53 on the shaft of the upper roller 12 which at its other end has agear 51 which by intermediate gears 55 drives the gears 56 on the shaftsof the lower rollers 41-3. The shafts of said lower rollers are hung byswinging links 57 and 58 from the branches of the yoke 27, and one ofthe links 58 has an extending arm 59, and the two links 58 have meshingsegment gears 60, so that when the arm 59 is swung one way or the otherthe links are swung and the lower rollers are opened or closedaccordingly, to release or hold the bunch. Stops 61 limit the swing ofthe links, and the arm 59 is operated by striking suitable tappets 62 onthe main frame, the spring 63 acting on the arm 59 to throw the same tothe full extent one way or the other after the tappets carry the armbeyond center.

The air box 13 has thereon a cutting edge or outline 6 1 with suitablesuction holes 65 along the same and the wrapper leaf is laid thereon andis cut in the corresponding out line by means of rollers 66 and 67 whichare carried by arms 68 projecting from a slide 69 which reciprocates 011the guide 12, the rollers traveling in contact effected by springs 70over the outline edge 6 1. The slide 69 is connected by a link 71 to thereciprocating plate 22, so that the rollers reciprocate with the plate.The suction to the air box is produced through a hose 72 and pipes 7 3controlled by a valve 74 the stem 75 of-which is connected to a triplever 7 6 which is operated by a tappet 77 to throw the exhaust on oroff according to the position of the wrapper carrier, the suction be ingreleased during the wrapping operation in order that the bunch may pickup the wrapper as it travels over the same.

The air box is reciprocated by the cam 20, by means of a lever 78 havinga roller 79 which travels in the groove of said cam and is connected tothe slide 81 which carries the air box, the construction of the camsbeing such that the direction of movement of the bunch carrier and thewrapper carrier is opposite at each stroke. loosely mounted on the guide12 and it has legs 82 with rollers 88 which travel on a rail 8%supported by brackets 85, said rail hav ing a slight dip 86 to drop theair box slightly as it comes under the bunch, which assists inpermitting the bunch to strip or peel the wrapper from the air box as ittravels thereover. The slide 81 also carries a pair of cutters 87 whichat the end of the outward stroke cooperate with a pair of cutters 88mounted on the guide 12 and act to shear or cut off both ends of thecheroot. The cutters 87 carry fingers 89, pivoted 90 and havingdepending ends with pins 91 which are struck by the pair of cutters 88and swung to drop the cheroot after the ends are severed, as indicatedin 2. Springs 92 act to return the fingers 89 to position, as shown inFig. 4, and the tappet 62 is so located that it will open the rollers 43and allow the cheroot to drop therefrom into the fingers 89 at the limitof the forward movement of the bunch carrier, after the wrapping hasbeen effected.

The tucking device shown in detail in Figs. 5 and 6, comprises a springfinger 97 mounted on the inner end of a shaft 98 which has a conicalfriction block 99 adapted to engage in a conical recess 100 in the gear52, said shaft 98 being carried by arm 101 fulcrumed at 102 on a bracketon the yoke 27, the upper end of said. arm being provided with a roller200 which travels on a cam 104: carried by the plate 39. A spring 106tends to depress the inner end of the lever and a stop 107 limits themovement, when the carrier 13 travels inwardly and its notch 108 comesin line with the tucking needle the plate 22 moves forwardl},

and the roller 200 begins to travel up the L incline of the cam 10% andswings the lever 101 to bring the block 99 into the friction recess 100,which gives the shaft 98 the retary movement of the gear 52, and the 97picks up the end ofthe leaf and lifts the same to contact with the bunchheld between the rollers 42 and 13, tucking the end of the leaf betweenthe bunch and one of the rollers 4:3 and thereby starting the wrappingoperation and the carrier 18 follows the movement of the carriage 22until the wrapper is caught by the bunch when the carrier 13 stops andthe bunch carrier advances thereover to complete the wrapping operation,

the roller 200 meanwhile running off the rise of the cam 10% andpermitting the spring 106 to withdraw the tucking finger 97 from thewrapper. The air box or carrier 13 is recessed as indicated at 108, nearone of its inner corners, so that the finger 97 may be The slide 81 isswung in and the finger 97 enter said recess under the wrapper to liftthe same as described above.

The general operation will be briefly stated as follows: At the startingposition shown in Fig. 1, the prepared bunch is inserted between therollers 43, into the space between said rollers and the roller 42. Atthe same time the leaf from which the wrapper is to be cut is placed onthe bed of the air box 13, where it is held by suction. The cam thenacts to slide the air box 13 inwardly and when the front end of the airbox reaches the bunch the finger 97 lifts the front end of the wrapperand tucks the same between the bunch and one of the rollers 4C3, whichthen begins to traverse the air box and pick up the wrapper and therollers wind the same on the bunch which is held between the rollers andslightly above the air box. The slide 22 continues to travel outwardly,and during this movement the travel of the pin 37 in the cam groove 38shifts the slide 40 laterally, thus carrying the bunch sidewise over thewrapper to give a spiral wind, and at the same time the travel of thepin 30 in the cam groove 31 turns the yoke 27 on its pivot to increasethe inclination of the bunch with respect to the line of tr vel, toaccord with the greater diameter of the bunch at the middle, and theshape of the cam groove 31 is such that as the bunch then approaches thelimit of outward movement the yoke is swung back according to thesmaller diameter of the cheroot near the other end thereof, the bunchduring this movement peeling or picking up the wrapper from the air box.Finally the rollers 4-3 are opened and the cheroot drops between thecutters 87 and the fingers 89. The bunch carrier then travels inwardlyto original position, and the air box slides outwardly to originalposition carrying with it the cheroot to contact with the cutters 88which in conjunction with the cutters 87 cut off the ends, and thefingers 89 tilt, as shown in Fig. 2. and the finished cheroot isdropped. The machineisthen ready for the next operation. Obviously theshape of the cam grooves 38 and 31 must be changed according to theshape of the cheroot to be produced, and it may be remarked thatdifferent machines must be used for what are known as right hand andleft hand wrappers, since each wrapper leaf is divisible into two parts,which must be wrapped differently.

It will be noticed that a pair of rollers 66 and 67 are used, to passover the cutting edge of the air box, one of said rollers being locatedin advance of the other, and offset therefrom to cooperate withdifferent parts of said edge. This is better than a single roller, whichby its strain across one line has a tendency to tear the wrapper at somepoint, during the movement of the roller therefrom. The two offsetrollers acting on different parts of the wrapper correct this defect.

l/Vhat I claim as new is:

1. In a cigar wrapping machine, the combination of a reciprocating bunchcarrier, a reciprocating wrapper carrier, means to move each of saidcarriers in opposite directions with respect to each other, whereby eachtraverses the other, means to roll the bunch in its carrier as ittraverses the wrapper carrier, and means to apply the front end of thewrapper to the bunch, at the start of the traversing movement.

2. In a cigar wrapping machine, the combination of a reciprocating bunchcarrier, means to revolve a bunch in such carrier as it moves in onedirection, a reciprocating wrapper support, means to reciprocate saidcarrier, means to move said support in opposite directions relative tosaid carrier, to cause said carrier and support to traverse each other,and means to vary the angularity of the bunch carrier, and to shift thesame laterally, with respect to the said support, as they traverse eachother.

3. In a cigar wrapping machine, the combination of a reciprocating bunchcarrier, means to revolve a bunch in such carrier as it moves in onedirection, a reciprocating wrapper support, means to reciprocate saidcarrier, means to move said support in opposite directions relative tosaid carrier, to cause said carrier and support to traverse each other,and means to vary the angularity of the bunch carrier, with respect tothe said support, as they traverse each other.

4:. In a cigar wrapping machine, the combination of a reciprocatingplate, a camplate carried thereby, a laterally movable slide carried bysaid reciprocating plate, a bunch holding and rolling mechanismpivotally mounted on said slide and having its pivot provided with anarm engaging said cam plate to vary the angularity of the mechanism asthe slide is moved laterally, means actuated by the reciprocation of theplate to operate the slide, and means to feed a wrapper to the bunchwhile it is held and rotated in said mechanism.

In a cigar wrapping machine, the combination of a reciprocating plate, acam plate mounted therein, a laterally movable slide carried by saidreciprocating plate, a fixed cam plate, a lever fulcrumed on the plateand connected to the slide and engaging the last mentioned cam plate tooperate the slide, a bunch holding and rolling mechanism pivotallvcarried by said slide and provided with an arm engaging the firstmentioned cam plate to turn the said mechanism on its pivot as the slideis operated, and means to feed a wrapper to the bunch while it is heldand rotated in said mechanism.

6. In a cigar Wrapping machine, the combination of a Wrapper carriermovable back and forth in a straight line, a bunch holding and rollingmechanism under Which the carrier moves to permit the bunch to take upthe Wrapper from thecarrier, and means to shift said mechanism laterallyand turn it to various angles, as the carrier moves thereunder, and aguide on which said car rier moves, having a slight drop to lower thecarrier with respect to said mechanism during the take up part of itstravel.

7. In a cigar Wrapping machine, the combin-ation of arecii'irocatingbunch holding and rolling mechanism, a reciprocating n rapper carrier,said mechanism and carrier being movable in relatively oppositedirections at each stroke, a pair of fixed cutters, a pair of movablecutters mounted on the carrier to reciprocate therewith and arranged tocooperate with the fixed cutters at the end of one stroke of thecarrier, a pair of trip lingers movable With the carrier and arranged tosupport a cigar adjacent to the cutters mounted on the carrier, andmeans to deliver a cigar from said holding and rolling mechanism to saidfingers.

8. In a cigar Wrapping machine, the combination with a Wrapper support,a wrappei applying me Iianisin. and means to reciprocate the samerelative to said support, of a reciprocating cutting mechanism fortrimming the end of the mechanism including a holder for the cigar Whileit is being trimmed, and means to de cigar, said cuttingliver a cigarfrom the Wrapping mechanism to said holder at the end of one stroke ofthe former.

9. In a cigar Wrapping machine, the com bination of a reciprocatingbunch carrier, a reciprocating Wrapper carrier cooperating therewith,the bunch carrier being movable over the Wrapper carrier to transfer aWrapper to the bunch, a cigar holder mounted on the Wrapper carrier toreciprocate therewith, means to deliver a cigar from the bunch carrierto the holder after it is Wrapped, and

means to cut oil the ends of a cigar in the holder after it is deliveredthereto.

1.0. In a cigar Wrapping machine, the combination of a reciprocatingbunch carrier, a reciprocating Wrapper carrier coopcrating therewith,the bunch carrier being movable over the Wrapper carrier, to transfer aWrapper to the bunch, a cigar holder mounted on the Wrapper carrier toreciprocate therewith, means to deliver a cigar from the bunch carrierto the holder after it is Wrapped, and means to cut off the ends of acigar in the holder after it is delivered thereto, said means includinga pair of stationary knives, and a pair of knives mounted on the Wrappercarrier and reciprocating therewith.

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature in presence of tWo Witnesses.

lVlLLIAM A. MOONEY. lVi tnesses C. W. PIERCE,

ll. A. CHILDERS.

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